Some teams are going to force Jalen Brunson off the ball. That’s exactly what happened in the home opener at Madison Square Garden against the Indiana Pacers on Friday—a resounding 25-point victory in response to a disappointing 24-point loss to the Boston Celtics to start the season. The Pacers deployed a combination of defensive irritants in Aaron Nesmith and Andrew Nembhard to hound the point of attack. After Brunson’s rare blunder with four turnovers in Boston, he cleaned things up at home, giving the ball away just once. “Pregame in Boston there were so many things going on. It was […]